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Office Romance Secrets

Looking for love at work? Check the bathroom.READ»

Special Libraries Association Conference 2009

Cara Schatz wants to make one thing clear: Members of the SLA are, in fact, special. "They work at huge companies, like McDonald's and General Electric, and they inform C-suite decisions," says Schatz, a conference ...READ»

Quitting Time

We're not sure who's quitting their job in this economy, but if you do, at least you should get paid in full without having to work through your whole two-week's notice.READ»

Analog TV Ends Tomorrow, Win $100 from Our Reader Survey to Buy Cable

Help Fast Company as we continue to improve the Web site.  In return for your time, you'll be entered to win 1 of 3 $100 AMEX gift cards. Click here to take the survey  READ»

Is Twitter the New CareerBuilder?

Are you looking for a job? Check your tweets. Twitter is turning into a next-generation job site. READ»

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Don't Tell Anyone, But We Hate Our Coworkers Too

On the bright side, the worst offices make for the best comedy.READ»

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Fast Company offers both daily and weekly newsletters to help you keep up with all the articles, blog posts and videos we publish online and in the print magazine. The Fast Company Now Daily delivers 5 news items to your inbox ...READ»

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Give us 10 minutes of your time so that we can improve the site, and enter to win a $100 gift card.READ»

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Hurry and take advantage of this exclusive Fast Company offer--a full year, that's 10 issues of Fast Company magazine for only $12.97. Your first issue will ship tomorrow (the next business day) and you'll receive continuous ...READ»

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Life Lesson for College: Your Major Doesn't Matter

Have fun, kids, because employers don’t care what you studied.READ»

Stopping pandemic panic: how to address swine flu concerns in your organization

The threat of a pandemic is on the minds of many business leaders as of late. The focus has come off of the business once again to be placed on the many “what ifs” posed by recent health threats. The truth is, leaders need to be ...READ»

Prepare students for what they want to do: examples of best-in-class courses that inspire invention and innovation

Gone are the days when undergraduate students learned theory without the opportunity to practice and apply the lessons learned.  Today, more and more students are attracted to, and inspired by, solving real world problems and ...READ»

Nine Trillion Dollars in Debt

Making sense of that giant number, if there is sense to be made.READ»

Six Degrees of Sustainability: The Hottest Schools for Environmental Studies

In January, we reported on the 10 green jobs poised to carry us through the next decade. Five months later, the demand for those jobs is still growing strong--President Obama recently pledged $500 million for environmental job ...READ»

Time to Move from "If" Flex, to "Why" and "How" Flex...

Over the past two weeks since we released the thought-provoking results of the 2009 Work+Life Fit Reality Check, I’ve been asked by a number of people what I think the findings mean.  To me, the results confirm that it’s time, ...READ»

Three Rs to Become Three Rs Plus Google in U.K. Schools

Taking an apple to class for teacher could soon take on a whole new meaning. There's a plan underway to overhaul the curriculum in U.K. primary schools--nothing special there, since there's always some attempt underway to improve ...READ»

Fast Company Magazine May 2009 Issue Online

This Month's Cover Story:Hollywood's Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie Business, by Mark Borden, page 54 How the director known as McG, a master of music videos and guilty-pleasure TV, became a ...READ»

The Newest Turks of Personal Branding

I've written before about the Young Turks of Personal Branding these amazing Millenials who seem to emerge from the cocoon fully formed and ready to rule the world. Take Dan Schawbel, all of 25, who last month released his ...READ»